Year-End Lists

Amy Taubin: Best Films of 2021, as submitted to the Film Comment Poll

1. The Power of the Dog
   Jane Campion
2. AGHDRA
   Arthur Jafa
3. The Velvet Underground
   Todd Haynes
4. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
   Questlove
5. Memoria
   Apichatpong Weerasethakul
6. Azor
   Andreas Fontana
7. Petite Maman
   Céline Sciamma
8. Drive My Car
   Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
9. Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
   Radu Jude
10. In the Same Breath
    Nanfu Wang
11. Bring Your Own Brigade
    Lucy Walker
12. Prayers for the Stolen
    Tatiana Huezo
13. Annette
    Leos Carax
14. No Sudden Move
    Steven Soderbergh
15. The First Wave
    Matthew Heineman
16. The Hand of God
    Paolo Sorrentino
17. Hive
    Blerta Basholli
18. Cryptozoo
    Dash Shaw
19. President
    Camilla Nielsson
20. Writing with Fire
    Sushmit Ghosh and Rintu Thomas